For crop rotation to be effective, gardeners should rotate plant families and not just different crops. For example: Tomato, ...

I am a specialist on the taxonomy of the nightshade family, Solanaceae, and have spent much time in the field in Central and South America collecting plants. My particular focus of research is the ...

For crop rotation to be effective, gardeners should rotate plant families and not just different crops. For example: Tomato, eggplant, pepper and potato all belong to the nightshade (Solanaceae ...

New genetic research from the University of Florida may help make key crops such as potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers more resistant to disease and environmentally resilient as well as increase their ...

Cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, cauliflower, and other members of the cabbage family are plants that should not be planted near ...

From potatoes to deadly nightshade, Solanum species evolved to defend themselves with toxins. What can their history teach us ...

The many thousands of plant species and their numerous chemical products make the study of CICD from plants appear daunting. The vast majority of CICD reactions, however, are caused by one of ...

Have you put much thought into your garden yet this year? Now is a great time to take a soil sample, consider plant placement within the garden, and to get started planting some of the cool season ...

Plant evolution is the subset of evolutionary phenomena that concern plants. The study of plant evolution includes the study of genetic change and the variations that result in speciation ...

Putricia has been placed behind a velvet rope in Sydney's botanic gardens An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the ...